Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-04
FARM AND SrOCK NOTES.

The droppings from sheep are highly
concentrated and should be carefully
saved. the best mode of 80 doing being to
mix them with the compost heap.
The profit or loss in dairying depends
upon the calves. To sell the calves and
rely upon buying fresh cows IS very risky
and has caused more loss than anything
else,
One of the difficulties encountered by
poultry is that OF securing grinding sub
stances when the ground is frozen; but
this may be supplied in tue form of pound
ed oyster or clam shells.
When sheep are burdled on small areas
it should not be overlooked that IN addi-
tion to the profit they may give the ami
mails distribute the NJ anure evenly. press
ing it into the soil with their hoOfs, which
IS quite an item il the expense OF hauling
manure be nsidered.
Beets, carrots, parsnips and turnips,
though they be bulky and contain large
proportion OF water in their composition,
are better for feeding purposes than is
indicated by their proportion OF nutrition,
as they promote digestion and assist in
keeping the stock in good condition.
Each breed predomInates in some par
ticular characteristic. The Jersey COW
is expected TO produce the largest posi-
BILE amount of cream from certain guam
tity of milk and from the smallest allow
ance OF food necessary for that purpose
The Holstein is noted for its ability to
give large quantities of milk, as we'll as
eXcelling as butter producer.
FOrty-five years ago Goshen butter,
from the Chemung Valley, New York,
sold for six cents pound Now, with
improved STOCK and superior methods of
dairying, some of the manufacturers of
''gilt-edged" butter derive one dollar a
pound. The prices are due to quality
which is secured by the most careful
management from the beginning.
The deeper the preparation of the soil
the deeper will the roots penetrate, thus
advancing closer to moisture, as we'll as
permitting of the growth of a large pro-
portion of those rootlets that collect food.
Ii the soil be shallow and the sui soil hard
the roots Will spread nearer the surface,
thus rendering them not only more liable
to being winter killed but also 20 damage
from drought.
1t is as necessary to feed the soil In
order TO reap crops as it is to feed the
ANIMALS for milk or increase of carcass.
The object should be to convert the
cheaper substances into something for
which there is demand. Every pound
of manure Is sent to market in the form
OF gram, meat NIX OF Vegetables Oh some
kind. The more literally the soil is fed
the greater Its capacity to produce.
The suppositlOn that young sows are
better for breeding purposes than those
two or three years old has done much To
impair the yIgor OF swine. The custom
OF using young soWs grew out OF the loss
of young pigs by pressure from the heavy
dams, but a large breeding SOW should
not be tat and heavy. A sow over two
years old will give more milk than a
younger one, and, as rule, she will pro-
duce stronger pigs.
The hereditary law of the transmission
of vigOr and health holds as strongly in
the vegetable as in the animal kingdom,
according to experiment. Mr.. K. S. GOff
selected seeds from feeble tomato plant,
and also from healthy plant of the came
variety. A row of feeble plants and "a
row OF healthy plants we're the result.
Successive experiments showed the same
difference. Seeds from an immature or
green tomato produced feeble plants.